A Surprising Threat Emerges in Alabama

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Bryan Seal
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I was honestly taken aback when I heard Camp Hill virus raises pandemic fears right here in the United States. This mysterious pathogen, recently found in Alabama shrews, is part of the same family that includes Nipah and Hendra—both known for pretty high fatality rates. If that doesn’t get your attention, I’m not sure what will. And while we have no record of it jumping to people yet, scientists warn it could only be a matter of time.

Could It Be the Next Nipah?

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Experts say the Camp Hill virus is a type of henipavirus, which means it targets your nervous system or respiratory system, depending on the strain. The fact that it’s never been detected in North America until now is what has everyone talking. Since Camp Hill virus raises pandemic fears, researchers are scrambling to figure out if it can leap from animals to humans, like some of its relatives. Nobody wants a replay of the chaos that viruses like Nipah caused in Southeast Asia.

Shrews in the Spotlight

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So, how did it pop up in Alabama? Turns out, folks collecting shrews for a study found genetic traces of this virus in the tiny critters. Normally, we’d think fruit bats carry henipaviruses. But this discovery flips that script. Suddenly, we have a brand-new potential reservoir in a region we never expected. Because Camp Hill virus raises pandemic fears, the conversation has shifted—maybe these viruses can adapt to more animals than we realized.

No Need to Panic—Yet

At the same time, doctors aren’t waving red flags that we’re on the brink of an outbreak. They’re saying let’s not freak out until we see actual human cases. Still, the biggest concern is that if (or when) it moves into people, it could act a lot like Nipah or Hendra, which can be lethal. That’s why Camp Hill virus raises pandemic fears among virologists: it’s a stealthy threat we haven’t fully studied, and nobody wants to be caught off guard.

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I Can’t Believe This Is Actually Happening

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Bryan Seal
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I nearly did a double take when I read that Trump removes Biden’s security clearance, a courtesy ex-presidents typically get so they can stay informed on major security issues. Instead, Donald Trump says Joe Biden doesn’t deserve these briefings—he even cited Biden’s supposed memory problems as a reason. And let’s not forget Biden once barred Trump from these same intel updates, so it’s feeling like a bit of payback, or maybe a complete shift in how we treat former presidents.

A Reality-Show Twist

Donald Trump has removed Joe Biden’s security clearance (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

As usual, Trump announced his decision on Truth Social, telling Biden he’s basically “fired” from receiving daily intel. He likes to say Biden “can’t be trusted,” claiming the man set this precedent by pulling the plug on Trump’s own briefings in 2021. That’s a serious slap in the face to tradition, but honestly, are we surprised? This is the same White House that’s been shaking up norms left and right. And of course, the phrase “Trump removes Biden’s security clearance” hit the news cycle like wildfire.

Not Stopping at One Person

Here’s the kicker: Biden isn’t the only one losing clearance. Trump also revoked privileges for several former intelligence officers and top-level staff, including General Mark Milley and Dr. Anthony Fauci. Some critics think it’s all part of a personal vendetta. Others argue it’s just standard practice once you’re out of the administration. Either way, it’s a reminder that nobody is safe in this political climate. Now that Trump removes Biden’s security clearance, we might see more of these showdowns in the future.

A Potential Domino Effect

Biden removed Trump from access in 2021 (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

A lot of folks wonder what this means for future presidents. Will they all start yanking each other’s access on a whim, or is this just a passing feud between two political heavyweights? Only time will tell, but it does raise questions about how stable our protocols really are. If one ex-president calls the shots on what another ex-president knows, we could be in for some messy back-and-forth in the years to come.

Where Does It End?

Some experts say the practical impact on Biden might be small—many ex-presidents don’t rely heavily on these briefings. But the symbolism of it all is glaring. Who knows if we’re looking at a new normal, or just a one-time spat in a drama-filled political era? One thing’s for sure: when Trump removes Biden’s security clearance, it’s a headline that reminds us the old ways of doing things may be gone for good.

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Flight attendant explains the unexpected reason cabin crew keep their hands under their thighs during takeoff and landing

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Monica Pop
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Henny Lim is a flight attendant with the Philippines-based airline Cebu Pacific who recently took to TikTok to share a fun fact about one thing the cabin crew does during take off and landing.

Namely, Lim explained why the cabin crew buckle up in their jump seats before proceeding to sit on their hands in the lead-up to their planes landing, something knows as the “bracing position.”

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In the video she posted on the social media site, she said, “This position involves fastening seatbelts securely, sitting upright, sitting on hands – arms up, thumbs tucked – and arms loose, and feet flat on the floor.”

Further, this flight attendant explained that the aim of this firm posture is to reduce potential injuries of the body in case of unexpected emergency.

“This keeps body movement restricted so that there is less chance of injury if there was an impact.

“During this time, [your flight attendants] will also be going through the ‘silent review,’ which prepares them for an emergency situation every take-off and landing.”

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“This includes being aware of emergency equipment in the location, door operation, commands given & any visual clues outside of the aircraft,” she said and wished everyone a safe flight.

According to a memo from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the bracing position serves two purposes, reducing flailing and reducing secondary impact.

Not only Lim but other flight attendants too share their flying experiences and use the social media platforms to educate passengers about safety protocols.

@_hennylim_ Why do cabin crew sit on their hands while in their jumpseats? Check this video out to know! Special guest for today’s video: Clare demecillo Follow my Official Facebook Page: “Henny Joyce Lim” Follow me on Instagram: _hennylim_ #fyp #HJL #cabincrewlife #bracingposition #cebupacific #groundstop ♬ Aesthetic – Tollan Kim

For example, flight attendant Esther Sturrus shared how to be a perfect passenger, writing that the best passengers are “polite and friendly,” as well as those who are “courteous and engage in friendly conversation.”

In another video she shared with her 223,800 followers, Sturrus explained how to keep the clothes fresh and smelling good during long time travels.

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Netflix viewers ‘sickened’ by new highly explicit series featuring extremely graphic scenes

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Monica Pop
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Netflix viewers react to the series Supersex, raising the question about the boundaries of mainstream entertainment.

Many wrote they felt “sickened” by the explicit graphic scenes and threatened “to cancel their subscription.”

The series feature the life of Rocco Siffredi, an Italian adult film star who has filmed over 1,300 p*rn films over the course of his acting career. He’s played by Italian actor Alessandro Borghi.

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Supersex follows Rocco’s journey from a simple guy from Ortona, central Italy, to “the godfather of rough s*x.”

A scene from Rocco’s mother funeral, in which he engages in a se*ual act with one of his mother’s friends is dubbed one of the most controversial.

Viewers were quick to share their thoughts of the seven-episode Netflix series.

One wrote, “I watched Supersex, which was compelling and interesting — until midway through episode six. It was appalling, disrespectful, and uncalled for. I’m talking about the cemetery scene. Before this episode, I would have given it a thumbs up. So messed up.”

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Another added: “Yes, I know, complaining about too many sex scenes in Supersex is like complaining about too many car races in Fast & Furious. But also, a few less, eh.”

The main actor spoke of the series, calling it the “absolutely the most complicated thing I’ve ever made in my life” and revealed that he filmed a whopping 50 s*x scenes in just 95 days, as per the Italian news outlet Today.

Rocco, whose life the series features, opened up about the controversy it caused.

Asked if viewers would be shocked with it, he said, “For sure.

“I never, ever like to tell you one part of me, I always say everything.

“You either like it or you don’t, this is who I am; I could never be who I am without showing everything about myself.

“The part shown on Netflix, which people don’t know, is the way I grew up, the way my life came up since I was a child. How did I grow up? What were the situations involved in my life?

“So this is the main Rocco, really, which people don’t know, most people know me just in front of the camera, naked.”

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Netflix rated the series strictly for viewers aged 18 and over, but that didn’t prevent viewers from showing their discomfort and outrage over the content they dubbed “inappropriate.”

Of course, this isn’t the first time that Netflix tried to push boundaries regarding societal norms with films such as 365 Days, and Money Shot: The Po*nhub Story.

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In a bustling district, a small plane crashed into a bus and exploded

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Monica Pop
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Two people killed and at least six injured after a small plane, Beechcraft King Air F90, crashed into a moving bus in the busy district Barra Funda of São Paulo, Southern Brazil on Friday, February 7.

The plane and a public bus exploded on impact.

Pieces of the aircraft flew off as thick, dark plumes of smoke rose into the air.

The local fire department struggled to stop the flames from spreading. According to them, the tragic crash happened around 7:20 a.m. local time after the plane tried to perform an emergency landing five minutes after taking off from Campo de Marte Airport. 

Emergency services found two bodies in the wreckage of the aircraft. A motorcyclist and a woman on the bus were injured by the flying debris, and four others suffered minor injuries. The rest of the people on the bus were taken out to safety.

According to reports, prior to the incident, the control tower lost contact with the plane.

Governor Tarcísio de Freitas posted on X that the two people who lost their lives were the pilot, Gustavo Medeiros, and the owner of the aircraft, Márcio Carpena. 

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The plane’s final destination was Porto Alegre, located in the southern of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

The investigation regarding the circumstances that led to the crash is ongoing.

According to witnesses, the plane first clipped a tree before it crashed into the busy street where it collided with the moving bus.

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As per Business News Today, an expert said the accident could be a result of technical issues, considering the pilot’s desperate attempt to force a landing. “When an aircraft loses power or suffers mechanical failure shortly after departure, the pilot’s options are limited. Urban environments like São Paulo make emergency landings even more hazardous,” the expert said, as per the publication.

Sadly, in recent years, Brazil witnessed several high-profile accidents. This raised the question of the safety of the country’s aviation, aircraft maintenance, pilot training, as well as regulatory oversight.

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Wreckage of missing Alaska plane with 10 aboard finally located – Photo and details

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Monica Pop
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A Berlin Air plane flying over the wilderness of Alaska vanished from radar with 10 people on board and failed to reach its final destination.

Following intensive search, the wreckage of the aircraft, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, was finally located on sea ice on Friday afternoon (local time) in Alaska, US by a team of a US Coast Guard helicopter.

The plane was traveling from the small town of Unalakleet, western Alaska, to Nome, located south of the Arctic Circle at 2:37 p.m. The flight was supposed to last around an hour. However, while flying across Norton Sound, the plane lost contact at 5,300ft.

The coastguard posted on X, “USCG has ended its search for the missing plane after the aircraft was located approx 34 miles southeast of Nome. 3 individuals were found inside and reported to be deceased.

“The remaining 7 people are believed to be inside the aircraft but are currently inaccessible due to the condition of the plane. Our heartfelt condolences are with those affected by this tragic incident.”

USCG Lieutenant Commander Ben McIntyre-Coble said during Friday press-conference that the plane rapidly lost altitude and speed due to “some kind of event.” The exact cause that led to the crash remains unknown.”

“We are operating under the assumption right now that there are still people who are in a position to be assisted by the United States Coast Guard,” he said.

“We continue to have air assets overhead and are in close coordination with the with the local authorities, including the Alaska State Troopers, to provide potentially on-the-ice assistance to any persons who might be found.

“But at this time we are still considering that this is an active search and rescue case, and we have no immediate intentions to change the status of the case in the near term.”

Later, however, the US Coastguard said in a press release: “The Coast Guard determined the severity of the wreckage was beyond the possibility of survival.”

Sympathy poured in, including from Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, who addressed the heartbreaking loss on social media.

“Rose and I are heartbroken by the loss of the 10 people on the Bering Air flight,” Dunleavy wrote on X. “Our prayers are with the families, friends, and communities mourning this tragedy.”

The Alaska plane crash follows after two major plane crashes in the last two weeks.

An American Airlines jet and a US Army Black helicopter collided mid-air, with everyone on board – 67 people – dead. The other crash involved a medical jet flying from the US to Mexico, carrying a mother and her daughter who had received life-saving medical treatment in the States, a doctor, a paramedic, and two pilots.

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Final photo of the two beaming ice skating sisters before the DC plane crash

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Monica Pop
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The horrific mid-air collision between the American Airlines plane and the US Army Black Hawk helicopter claimed the lives of 67 people who were onboard both aircraft.

The American Airlines Flight 5342 carried 64 passengers, while the helicopter was operated by three members of the military.

Most of the passengers, including the helicopter pilots, have been identified.

U.S. Figure Skating confirmed the plane’s passengers included several of its members. Among them were two ice skating sisters, Everly, 14, and Alydia,11, Livingston.

Their mother, Donna Livingston, who was also on board along with her daughters and husband, took a final photo of the girls.

She sent the photo of the beaming sisters to another US Figure Skating team mom.

Everly (left) and Alydia Livingston aboard American Airlines flight 5342 Wednesday before takeoff /Donna Livingston/Jin Ah Longerbeam

The Livingstons were traveling back home from from Wichita, Kansas, where the sisters had attended an ice skating camp for young Olympic hopefuls.

Jin Ah Longerbeam, who got the photos from Livingston, told ABC News that she knew Everly and Alydia since they were very little, calling them “my little babies.”

 
 
 
 
 
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Longerbeam’s son, Wolfe Jin, a skating teammate and a friend of the girls, said, “Everly and Alydia were two of the brightest people at our rink. The community looked up to them.”

When they heard of the tragic crash, the mother and son rushed towards the airport in hopes of learning the fate of the Livingstons.

“[Wolfe] kept saying, ‘They’re gonna be cold … [we have to make] sure they’re warm,’ ” Longerbeam recalled.

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Everly and Alydia shared glimpses of their skating journey on their Instagram page.

They shared a photo of themselves five days before the tragic collision, writing how excited they were for the skating camp. The photo caption read, “If you look closely at Alydia’s badge… We were born ready for this. But is @usfigureskating ready for this much Livingston at Nationals?” 

A year ago, Everly, whoquickly became a sensation in the ice-skating world, told Fox 5 DC: “My goals are to actually be a part of Team USA and travel around the world.”

One of the posts shared on their Instagram account on November, says, “The season is officially over and Everly is walking away with another step in her figure skating journey with making the USFS high performance development team for the 2024-2025 season.”

The girls were part of the Washington Figure Skating Club. 

The tragic plane crash involved fourteen skaters.

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The first openly transgender politician in Congress didn’t hold back in responding to Trump’s controversial executive order

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Monica Pop
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On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed a number of executive orders, among which the one that states that the US government will only recognize two genders – male and female.

The order defines a female as a “a person belonging, at conception to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell,” while a male is a “person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.”

As expected, this decision caused a stir among those fighting for the rights of the members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Among them, the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, Sarah McBride.

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The Delaware representative spoke at the HRC Greater New York Dinner on Monday, February 3, saying that LGBTQ+ people live “rent free in the minds” of the Republican leaders who are part of Trump’s administration.

“I enter Congress at a moment of uncertainty and fear for so many in our country – a time that will test our Constitution, our progress, and our own very compassion,” McBride started her speech.

“In less than two weeks at a time of domestic and global crisis – this new administration has diverted the resources of the federal government to target transgender people.

“From day one, they have taken steps to require the forced outing of transgender people with government documents and records.”

McBride then went on to discuss specific orders and policies.

“They’re infringing on parental rights by inserting government between patients, parents and providers in order to hurt trans young people.

“They’re purging patriotic transgender service members who have met the same standards as their colleagues, who have dedicated their lives to something that is antithetical to this president – selfless public service.”

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She continued: “He’s deputised Republican politicians and appointees across the federal government to be bathroom police, banning transgender people from federal restrooms they were using without incident.

“As we say then, these bans open up all women to harassment and potentially gross and invasive inspections.”

The first transgender in Congress concluded that Trump’s administration uses transgender people as pawns, and she refuses to be one.

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